The findings showed that the single treatment may give life-long protection from asthma as well as those who have severe allergies to peanuts, bee venom, shell fish and other substances by de-sensitising the immune system to tolerate the protein. Researchers have developed a new gene therapy that may help to ‘turn-off’ the immune response which causes an allergic reaction such as asthma, or potentially lethal food allergies, researchers have found.
“When someone has an allergy or asthma flare-up, the symptoms they experience results from immune cells reacting to the protein in the allergen,” said Associate Professor at the University of Queensland in Australia. The findings showed that the single treatment may give life-long protection from asthma as well as those who have severe allergies to peanuts, bee venom, shell fish and other substances by de-sensitising the immune system to…
